SATELLITE FINDER

[ozshea]

anybody reccommend a decent sat finder at a reasonable price, im setting up a multiblock lnb holder on a triax td88, any info appreciated

[cactikid]

whats a decent price?looked at that in a satshop.amiko seem to do a very big range of products.

[ozshea]

are those satlink ws 6908 meters any good, would it do the job for me, its about 120 euro delivered, 300 sterling is a bit rich for me, thanks for yor response cactikid.....

[super jumbe]

Been using north star, start from 45 degree north till see the picture on tv appear doing this for years...

[dick b]

are those satlink ws 6908 meters any good, would it do the job for me, its about 120 euro delivered, 300 sterling is a bit rich for me, thanks for yor response cactikid.....

I"v used the cheaper WS 6906 for some years now and for personal use its fine though you will need to make a shade up for the screen in bright daylight.check out AM*Z*N about ?65

[ozshea]

thanks dick b for your reply, how do these work are the sats pre programmed into it and i select say hotbird and move the dish til im getting some signal and then tweek it for optimum signal or is there a bit more to it. it will be just for personal use, thanks again for your reply.

[dick b]

yeah the way I use mine is I scan a few active TPs of both polarities in for the sats I want from an existing set up then as you say simply select that sat and a known channel then adjust the dish/motor to tune it in once you have a lock the info button brings up a meter. if you cant set it up with an existing dish just make sure you have an active TP in the add channels menu then adjust the dish to get max signal before scanning for channels.its a lot easier to use than to explain.
dont be tempted to do a software update many have locked the meter trying and its not neccessary as you can add/delete sats,TPs,channels etc; via the menus.
the instructions while not being in the best english will help you get an understanding of the meter.

[meadowhill]

I have just bought a Sat Link WS 6933 from Flea bay for just under ?52.00 delivered.I just entered my latitude and longtitude and it worked right away with the TPs already loaded.Looks easy enough to edit TPs and satellites if required.It seems to do everything my Horizon meter does at a fraction of the price.